Trails

A BACKBONE ACCESS TO EXISTING AND FUTURE TRAILS

Renfrew County ATV Club is proud to be a partner and stakeholder on the new Ottawa Valley Recreation Trail (formerly the CP Rail line) through Renfrew County. We continue to work with our other motorized and non-motorized trail user groups, landowners, and municipalities to help see a successful and respectful multi-use trail system.

This system is important to RCATV and local municipalities and towns. It will connect smaller trails, and bring tourism dollars generated by the ATV Community into areas of the county which are currently not providing trails. This trail will also enable local resident ATV enthusiasts to get on the trail closer to home, and head out to enjoy a day on the trails.

Quick Facts

The corridor runs 296 km from Smiths Falls to Mattawa, with 218 km of that cutting through Renfrew County

Involves the County's of Renfrew, Lanark and the Township of Papineau‐Cameron

The cash portion of the purchase is $500,000.

The corridor is split into three closings based on ability to produce transferable descriptions starting with the most easterly section. At the same time it is agreed that the Partners will lease the lands while the transfers are proceeding. The lease cost is $10 per year and the corresponding municipal taxes, pending the completion of the phases.

RCATV Considerations

The entire trail remain a safe multi-use and shared-user corridor from top to bottom which will bring the best benefit to both the County and its residents and businesses and encourage tourism

minimizes the risks and incidents of misinformed ATV users from trespassing or riding off-trail when trying to get from one location to another

minimizes the physical risks of ATV enthusiasts having to use roadways and tourists getting lost trying to get from one trail system to another or turned around on crown land.

The entire trail is safely accessible to motorized vehicles

RCATV can enhance promotion of the trail and tourism through its existing ATV networks and social media

combined with the RCATV East-West main trail corridor - B Trail (RCATV leased CN rail line - passes required), it will enable local and visiting ATV enthusiasts to access trails across the County

brings ATV-related local and tourism dollars into parts of the County which are currently not benefitting from the ATV Tourism industry due to lack of trails, and not being connected to a main trail thoroughfare

enable RCATV to bring large guided ATV events into new regions, and spread the tourism dollars

RCATV becomes a strong partner with the OVRT and can contribute in areas of consistent signing, suitable gating, amenities along the trail (outhouses) and safe-use considerations to provide fluid and consistent trail marking across RCATV and Ontario trails